The Taiwan Centers for Disease Control (Taiwan CDC) reported Thursday on a meningococcal meningitis death in an one-year-old girl who resides in northern Taiwan.
Taiwan CDC reports the timeline:
On March...

A Chinese woman who ate several frogs in 2013, in an effort to sooth her rheumatism, has a tapeworm removed from her breast five years later, according to a Chinese news source (computer translated).
Years...

The Philippines Department of Health has reported a near tripling of measles cases during the first month of 2018, compared to the same period in 2017, according to a Measles Disease Surveillance Report...

Animal rabies in Thailand is at outbreak levels so far in 2018, with 359 confirmed cases of rabies reported in 37 provinces since the beginning of the year, health officials are concerned about the lack...

The Taiwan Centers for Disease Control (Taiwan CDC) announced today five confirmed cases of angiostrongyliasis, or rat lungworm, in foreign workers from Thailand.
All five cases have consumed raw or...

Following measles outbreak in Zamboanga and Davao Cities, officials in Negros Oriental declared a measles outbreak today, according to a Philippine media report.
The outbreak was declared after cases...

An international group of expert scientists, doctors and public health officials has reported that cases of meningococcal group B meningitis and septicemia (MenB) are increasing in China, and have recommended...

In a follow-up on the first ever human infection with H7N4 avian influenza reported worldwide in China, the World Health Organization (WHO) released an update with more details.
The case-patient was...

In a follow-up to a report concerning the increases in measles in Zamboanga City in the southern Philippines, a measles outbreak has been declared by the city.
In light of the Zamboanga outbreak, the...